Friday, July 9, 2010

I couldn't believe it (yeah, really I could,) when today I woke up filled with the dread of going back to the chamber. I have had a couple of decent dives now and am faced with the reality that its probably going to all be okay. So I sucked it up and we went and it was fine except hotter than normal. I kinda wish it was January? That's saying something cause I really do not like winter, even in the south.

So all week I have been telling myself. "If I live till Friday, I get to see Eclipse with my Sister in Law. Yay!" I made it and am just hours away from cinematic escape! I loved the books and the movies are pretty good too. So here comes my reward.

I have one last thing to share which struck me as timely and interesting. Don't you believe God is very subtle and succinct at times? Other times its more like a bullhorn but this is what I read on the dog-eared page that I turned to in a book I brought into the chamber during those first harrowing moments of the first dive. Keep in mind I haven't looked at this book in at least 6 months but had popped it in my bag to keep me company. It's called The Power of a Positive Mom. By Karol Ladd. Its a wonderful book, well written and nondenominational in the best way.
"Norwegian Christian author O. Hallesby referred to prayer as the "breath of the soul". He wrote:

The air which our body requires envelopes us on every hand. The air of itself seeks to enter our bodies and, for this reason, exerts pressure upon us . . . The air which our souls need also envelopes all of us at all times and on all sides. God is round about us in Christ on every hand, with His many-sided and all sufficient grace. All we need to do is to open our heart. Prayer is the breath of the soul, the organ by which we receive Christ into our parched and withered hearts . . .As air enters in quietly when we breathe, and does its normal work in our lungs, so Jesus enters quietly into our hearts and does His blessed work there."

Could there have been a more subtle bullhorn? I am humbled that he took time out of his busy universe to see my tiny speck of sand body cowering in the stupid tube and answer my prayers for comfort that first morning by directing my eyes to that very passage. Cool. Have a great weekend I will be back on Monday morning for dive #6. Go team Jacob!! I actually like them both ;)